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Flood Watch 2, NWS Corpus Christi, TX

August 22, 2008La Salle County, Webb County, Texas

NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued this flood watch at Aug 22, 2008, 10:11 PM CDT for La Salle County, Webb County, Texas. It took effect at Aug 23, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 2008, 10:11 PM CDT (03:11 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 23, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Corpus Christi, TX
Flood severity
None

Counties La Salle County, TX, Webb County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 22, 9:44 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 9:44 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:34 AM CDT, 16 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
534 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-TXZ229>234-239>247-231100-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS-
BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT OCONNOR-
COASTAL WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-
WATERS BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 TO 60 NM-
LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL-
JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN-
534 AM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE
TEXAS COASTAL WATERS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...IS
POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOST
LIKELY TO OCCUR TONIGHT OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTH
TEXAS...ESPECIALLY OVER WEBB AND LA SALLE COUNTIES AND LOCATIONS
NEAR THE RIO GRANDE INCLUDING THE CITY OF LAREDO. EXCESSIVE HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER WET SOILS OR IMPERVIOUS GROUNDS (SUCH AS THE CITY OF
LAREDO) COULD PRODUCE FLOODING. AT THIS TIME...NO LARGE HAIL OR
DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER NORTHERN MEXICO WILL CONTINUE TO
COMBINE WITH COPIOUS TROPICAL MOISTURE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...
PRODUCING LIKELY RAINFALL AND PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.
THE MAIN CONCERN FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS WEBB...LA SALLE...MCMULLEN AND
DUVAL COUNTIES.

SCATTERED PRECIPITATION WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
ACROSS THESE WESTERN COUNTIES OF SOUTH TEXAS BEFORE TAPERING OFF
MIDWEEK. BEGINNING TODAY THROUGH MONDAY 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL
WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS AND BRUSH COUNTRY...
WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THESE AMOUNTS COULD EASILY SATURATE
SOILS...RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND FLOODING. SOME OF THIS
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...WHEN
THE DANGERS FOR FLOODING ARE GREATEST AS WATER LEVELS AT NIGHT ARE
HARD TO DETERMINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS...ESPECIALLY IN THE CITY OF LAREDO...SHOULD
BEGIN MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR THIS POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
EVENT. A FLOOD OR FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY OR
TONIGHT.

GW/JR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 4:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX
428 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

TXZ229-239-222230-
LA SALLE-WEBB-
428 PM CDT FRI AUG 22 2008

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS AFFECTING LA SALLE AND WEBB COUNTIES...

AT 424 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAS TIENDAS...OR 18 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ENCINAL...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

MOTORISTS TRAVELING ALONG INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN LAREDO AND ENCINAL
CAN EXPECT WINDS 40 TO 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND DANGEROUS
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES.

JM
Local storm report, Aug 22, 6:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Corpus Christi, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 7:21 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb114 min
Aug 23, 10:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCRPWebb118 min
Aug 23, 11:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb54 min
Aug 23, 1:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPWebb93 min
Aug 23, 2:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPLa Salle90 min
Aug 23, 2:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPDuval79 min
Aug 23, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCRPSan Patricio33 min
Aug 23, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningCRPSan Patricio90 min
Aug 23, 5:09 PM CDTFlood WatchCRPLa Salle, Webb17 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.